Orphanos Foundation

Keeping in touch... whatever it takes!

posted by Grace Fragoso — February 24th, 2010

Letters are windows into our souls and I am so glad to open my soul to you, one more time!

I have been thinking of all the technology we have at hand today with the Internet, email, facebook, twitter, msn, cell phone, Blackberries,  text messages and on and on and on! We are able to connect and share information so easily nowadays!   I must confess that I am a faithful user of most of the means above mentioned, although I refuse to give in to Twitter, I guess that is a bit too much!

I got an email from a friend, from my teenage years and she told me that her mom had finally received Jesus! I was so glad to hear that and I asked her how she had finally given ear to the Lord and His message. She told me they had to move and they were getting rid of a lot of old boxes, papers and correspondence from way back when we were 14.  In 1980s. She said that in those boxes, she found a series of letters I had written to her mom, where I had told her about Jesus. She said the letters were nice, but what caught her eyes was that in each of them I had written on the outside of the envelope: "Postman, Jesus loves you!"  I smiled when Silvana told me that because I still do that to this day! I think it is an opportunity to bless someone and I enjoy doing that!

It is no surprise to you that neither I nor my friend are 14 years old anymore. That letter has been sitting in a box for 25 long years and God knew just when to use it to bless that lady's life! I was elated to hear that she has come to the Lord and encouraged to keep writing and let God work, in His time! I guess I started writting because of  Pai! My dad loves to write and so do I. I guess I got this from him.  Over the years, God has used Pai's letters to bless others and accomplish much!  I am one of his biggest fans! I have a note from him framed on my desk and it blessed me daily!

I was told recently of Ms. Edna Deakens, founder of Lar Tia Edna and her powerful communication with her friends, family and donors. She started in the 1950s, maintained and fundraised via handwritten letters for most of her ministry. She migrated to Brasil and only returned to the USA one single time in almost 40 years. Many churches that supported the orphanage then, still do! Even after 20 years of her homegoing! I cannot wait to go back to  the home when I will be shown some of her letters!

I also think of some of the letters I have read that Amy Carmichael wrote to her sisters and family in the late 1800s. Being a misionary then was no easy task! The effort involved in those letters was huge! The words she used to describe her ministry, weakness and strengths were powerful and still work as a motivating factor for many in ministry today! Her books are my companions and I love reading about her faith.

Can you imagine what the Apostle Paul would do with all these technology available to us today? How would he advance the Gospel and share The Message around the world?

All that to say, we are blessed to live in a day and time when we can have access to so much information and  means of communication! That is an opportunity to use it for good and let others hear about the Lord and what He is doing! There is no way to know how and when God is going to use what we write, but we can hold on to His promise that His Word will not return void!

It is a joy for me to be in touch with you, no matter how we choose to do it!  Even though we can get fancy in our writing, there is no replacement to good time spent together, good words that God can use to bless someone! Having said that, thank you for blessing me with your love and kindness as I serve the Lord with Orphanos! It has been a fun chapter of my life!

Running the race, keeping the faith,

Grace

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